Hi David,
> Richard, you and I live in different universes.
It's a real shame you can't try them out. Prior to your post I would have
thought that New Zealand was about the hardest place in the world to access
and try MD items. The JE520 and MZR-55 are still new models here. The
MZR-91s have just hit the stores here (in silver only) almost a year after
their US release (I believe) and cost NZ$1000 (approx. US$500). You'd be
lucky to find a JE 920 here, let alone a 930, and 940s are probably six
months to a year off. There are virtually no Sharp or Aiwa products where I
live. Generally MD equipment and blanks are hard to come by and universally
more expensive than in the US.
However, it seems that wherever you live is even less MD saturated, so
that's real bad luck. I'm sorry, in my previous post I had no idea where
you were from, and in any case would have assumed that price, service and
availability wise the US would beat poor old little NZ hands down. Maybe it
doesn't. Obviously I have no idea of what stores are like where you live,
but I can appreciate your frustration, as MD equipment is hard to get here
too. I guess I'm fortunate to know of a couple of stores who will audition
equipment. Please be assured my post was not meant to be condescending, nor
was I trying to "turn you toward buying the 940", it's not like I'm
connected with Sony or anything and I own a 520 myself after all.
I was just trying to be helpful - I wouldn't have believed there would be a
difference between the CD players I tried sound wise until I actually tried
them, so maybe you'd be surprised too, if you had the opportunity. Since
you don't, yes you have to go on specs and MD-L experiences, and as a member
of MD-L, my (analogous) experience with Sony "Step-up" CDPXE items is a
noticeable difference in sound quality. One thing I've noticed in many of
the reviews of MD items on the MDCP is that often people overlook mentioning
how the MD thing they've bought actually sounds!
On weight - you do seem to view the greater weight spec of the 940 as
negative, I think weight could be a positive, as it might indicate better
build quality (maybe better reliability e.g. the transport, if not sound
quality etc). I can see Scale Factor Edit could be useful for adjusting the
level of the MDs you record, and the digital filter is a cool whistle, but
all in all, if chasing down sound quality isn't an object, sounds like the
640 might be the beast for you.
Just trying to be helpful, mate...
richard
Richard Lang
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From: David W. Tamkin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, 16 August 2000 11:15 a.m.
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Subject: Re: MD: JE640 vs. JB940
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